heckle in English

verb

1

interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators

synonyms: jeer, taunt, jibe at, shout down, boo, hiss, harass, give someone a hard time

2

dress (flax or hemp) to split and straighten the fibers for spinning.

The first step is to heckle the fiber, combing the long fibers from the short.

noun

1

a heckling comment.

the meeting regularly dissolved into heckles

verb

• jeer, taunt, jibe at, shout down, boo, hiss, harass, give someone a hard time
• hackle, hatchel

noun

• hatchel

Use "heckle" in a sentence

1. He went to heckle at their meetings.

2. "Protesters heckle Kissinger, denounce him for 'war crimes'".

3. I heard some of the audience heckle me with loud whistles.

4. A small group of youths stayed behind to heckle and shout abuse.

5. The reporter wanted to heckle the candidate with those embarrassing questions.

6. Europe has continued to haunt and heckle the American imagination.

7. I know 100 defense attorneys with more experience than Heckle and Jeckle.

8. The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.

9. Many evangelical Protestants think them heretics — the ruder ones regularly heckle Mormon conferences.

10. He had scarcely begun his speech when the audience began to heckle him.

11. 25 synonyms for Bullyrag: badger, bait, heckle, hector, hound, taunt, needle, ride, bludgeon

12. For a while it was enough to heckle the love scenes and cackle at disasters.

13. You should encourage audience members to heckle you and ask the toughest, meanest questions imaginable.

14. Comedians usually have a few ready comments for members of the audience that come to heckle.

15. How is the word Chivy distinct from other similar verbs? Some common synonyms of Chivy are badger, bait, heckle, hector, and hound.

16. Barrack (third-person singular simple present Barracks, present participle Barracking, simple past and past participle Barracked) (Britain, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means

17. barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle Barracked) (Britain, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means

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